There are not many retailers who can attract 15.000 to 60.000 visitors to a store on a single day, and let alone serve them all. IKEA is one of few or perhaps the only retailer that can pull this off. The opening of a new IKEA store in Athens, Greece was a testimony to this. On the opening day, March 26th 2008, the new IKEA store celebrated with 25.000 visitors, 7.930 sales transactions and 23.000 items sold in the restaurant and the Swedish food market.

The new store is 25,000 m2 and is located in the centre of Athens, only 5 kilometers from the Acropolis. In addition to the large showrooms and a warehouse, the new store includes four restaurants, two cafes and two Swedish food markets. This is the 3rd IKEA Store in Greece operated by the Fourlis Group, the IKEA franchisees in Greece. The Fourlis Group also has an IKEA store in Cyprus and is planning to open an IKEA store in Bulgaria in 2009.

The Microsoft Dynamics and LS Retail solution provided by K3 Landsteinar for IKEA is a fully integrated retail ERP solution covering the complete operation including finance, range management, logistics, customer service, check-outs, restaurants and cafes.